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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / February 2006Dental Council or similar to talk to?
Hi, live in London U.K., and have a further dental appointment sooon and would like to talk over briefly my imminent treatment with a third party. Would it be best to contact the General Dental Council or is there another Dental professional body that would be best to contact that would hear me out? thanks > Hi, live in London U.K., and have a further dental appointment sooon and > would like to talk over briefly my imminent treatment with a third party. > Would it be best to contact the General Dental Council or is there another > Dental professional body that would be best to contact that would hear me > out? thanks What exactly is it that you're looking for? If you let us know, it would be easier to say who turn to... >> Hi, live in London U.K., and have a further dental appointment sooon >> and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > What exactly is it that you're looking for? If you let us know, it > would be easier to say who turn to... Thanks for your response. I recently had a very small piece drop off a ceramic crown. I went in to the dentist ( i am a national health patient ) and had the sharp edge ground off, and this was all finished in about three minutes. However the texture at that place is now very rough, as if that place is dirty. ( i keep wanting to go and have a good brush at it ). I have since learn't that it would have been possible to polish the crown after taking off the rough edge to smooth the surface a bit. I wanted to ask somone in a position of authority, if it was reasonable to have expected this 'smoothing off' with a finer grade? Or would going back to the dentist to have this done be seen as an additional luxury, for which i can be expected to have to pay extra? In other words if they start asking for a lot more money, I could say I have spoken to such and such and they say I could have reasonably expected this to have been polished a bit before. Or I would see this as an 'additional luxury' and pay up more money with a smile. If having spoken to the Dental Council or an appropriate body they would know the rules, so to speak, and hence I would be a bit more knowledgeable. Many thanks for any further advice. No, the GDC wouldn't be responsible for that. The correct procedure i to ask your treating dentist if s/he can set it right, if s/he refuse the next step might be to lodge a complaint with the dental practice If the dental practice refuses, you could then lodge a complaint wit the GDC. But your problem seems like a relatively minor issue, and don't think anyone would be interested I don't really know what the accepted standard of care would be in th example you were describing. There's free dental advice to be had (re standards of care) at www.askthedentist.info. As Joel mentioned, you can also ask on dental forums for advice. don't know how easy it would be to fix your problem - might be doddle, for all I know jw 1111 Wrote: > >> Hi, live in London U.K., and have a further dental appointmen > sooo [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > the rules, so to speak, and hence I would be a bit more knowledgeable > Many thanks for any further advice -- letsconnec 'Dental Fear Central - The Forum' (http://tinyurl.com/hbqdt > No, the GDC wouldn't be responsible for that. The correct procedure is to > ask your treating dentist if s/he can set it right, if s/he refuses the [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] >> the rules, so to speak, and hence I would be a bit more knowledgeable. >> Many thanks for any further advice. Yes, sloppy work. You get that with some dentists. I had a composite that was left jutting out of a canine like some craggy outcrop. What an incompetant SOB he turned out to be. He gave me two cases of pulpitis at the same time also. I would recommend running it past the Grand Council of Sci.Med.Dentistry panel first. Joel jw 1111 Wrote: > Hi, live in London U.K., and have a further dental appointment sooo > and [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > me > out? thank -- Joel34 > I would recommend running it past the > Grand Council of Sci.Med.Dentistry panel first. > > Joel Thanks for your response. I recently had a very small piece drop off a ceramic crown. I went in to the dentist ( i am a national health patient ) and had the sharp edge ground off, and this was all finished in about three minutes. However the texture at that place is now very rough, as if that place is dirty. ( i keep wanting to go and have a good brush at it ). I have since learn't that it would have been possible to polish the crown after taking off the rough edge to smooth the surface a bit. I wanted to ask somone in a position of authority, if it was reasonable to have expected this 'smoothing off' with a finer grade? Or would going back to the dentist to have this done be seen as an additional luxury, for which i can be expected to have to pay extra? In other words if they start asking for a lot more money, I could say I have spoken to such and such and they say I could have reasonably expected this to have been polished a bit before. Or I would see this as an 'additional luxury' and pay up more money with a smile. If having spoken to the Dental Council or an appropriate body they would know the rules, so to speak, and hence I would be a bit more knowledgeable. Many thanks for any further advice.
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